Drupal users often find themselves frustrated with complex updates, high maintenance costs, and lack of flexibility. Unlike WordPress, which is known for its ease of use and vast plugin ecosystem, Drupal requires technical expertise, constant developer support, and complicated site management.
If you’re tired of dealing with Drupal’s steep learning curve and expensive upkeep, it’s time to switch to WordPress. Ask the Egghead specializes in seamless Drupal to WordPress migrations and provides fully managed WordPress hosting, ensuring that your website runs smoothly after the transition.
The Major Problems with Drupal
1. Drupal Is Too Complicated
Drupal is not user-friendly, even for experienced users. Making simple content updates often requires editing code or using a complex admin panel.
Solution: WordPress has an intuitive dashboard where anyone can update pages, add content, and manage their site without technical knowledge.
2. Drupal Updates Break Your Site
Every major Drupal update (like from Drupal 7 to 8, or 9 to 10) requires a full website rebuild. You can’t just click “update” and move forward—you need developers to migrate everything, which is costly and time-consuming.
Solution: WordPress offers one-click updates for core, themes, and plugins—no rebuilding required.
3. Plugins & Themes Are Limited in Drupal
Drupal lacks the vast selection of themes and plugins that WordPress users enjoy. Custom features require expensive developer work, and even basic site enhancements can be a hassle.
Solution: WordPress has 60,000+ plugins and thousands of themes that let you customize your site without coding.
4. SEO & Performance Issues
Drupal’s SEO optimization tools are not as advanced or user-friendly as WordPress plugins like Yoast SEO. Performance tuning also requires manual caching configurations and server tweaks.
Solution: WordPress has built-in SEO advantages, better caching solutions, and Ask the Egghead’s managed hosting optimizes your site’s speed and security.
The Migration Process: Moving from Drupal to WordPress
Migrating from Drupal to WordPress isn’t just about moving content—it’s about rebuilding your site for better performance, usability, and growth.
Step 1: Assessing Your Current Drupal Site
Before migration, we evaluate your site’s content structure (posts, pages, categories, tags), user roles and permissions, and custom modules and functionalities.
Step 2: Setting Up WordPress
We install WordPress on a reliable, managed hosting platform like Ask the Egghead’s Managed WordPress Hosting for security, speed, and uptime.
Step 3: Exporting Content from Drupal
We use specialized migration tools to extract posts, pages, and media files, user accounts and permissions, and SEO metadata and custom fields.
Step 4: Importing Content to WordPress
Once the data is extracted, we map categories, pages, and custom post types correctly, ensure URL structures are maintained for SEO integrity, and set up redirects to prevent 404 errors.
Step 5: Choosing a WordPress Theme & Plugins
Since Drupal themes don’t transfer, we help you select a modern, mobile-friendly WordPress theme that improves your site’s design and functionality.
Plugins like Yoast SEO for search rankings, Elementor or Gutenberg for easy page building, and WP Rocket for speed optimization enhance your site’s usability and performance.
Step 6: Testing & Going Live
Before launching, we test all pages, links, and forms, optimize speed and security settings, and implement 301 redirects so all old URLs still work.
Why You Need Ask the Egghead to Manage Your WordPress Site
Moving to WordPress is just the first step—ensuring long-term stability, security, and performance is key. Ask the Egghead offers fully managed WordPress hosting and support to keep your site running at its best.
Hassle-Free Maintenance
We handle updates for WordPress core, plugins, and security patches. No need to worry about site crashes or plugin conflicts.
Optimized Performance
Our hosting ensures fast loading times with built-in caching and speed optimizations. Daily backups protect your data from loss.
Expert WordPress Support
24/7 monitoring to prevent downtime. Proactive security measures to keep hackers out.
Learn more about Ask the Egghead’s Managed WordPress Hosting here.
Final Thoughts: It’s Time to Leave Drupal Behind
Drupal is outdated, complicated, and costly to maintain. Moving to WordPress gives you a simpler, more powerful website, lower costs and less maintenance, and better SEO and performance.
Ask the Egghead makes Drupal to WordPress migration seamless, secure, and stress-free—so you can focus on growing your business instead of fighting with your website.
Ready to move to WordPress? Contact Ask the Egghead today!
